#79BAFF#79BAFF

#79BAFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAFF
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -1.80, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 40.42, 267.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0391 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.12 251)
XYZ	xyz(43.4877, 46.3993, 101.2527)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAFF #FFBE79

analogous

#79FDFF #79BAFF #7B79FF

triadic

#79BAFF #FF79BA #BAFF79

tetradic

#79BAFF #FF79FD #FFBE79 #79FF7B

square

#79BAFF #FF79FD #FFBE79 #79FF7B

split-complementary

#79BAFF #FF7B79 #FDFF79

monochromatic

#007BFE #3C9AFF #79BAFF #B6DAFF #E0EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#79BAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAFF

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAFF	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ceff',
    500: '#79baff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baff;
$custom-light: #a7ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.896,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.46403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAFF

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAFF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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